(WASHINGTON, D.C., 12/29/08) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today issued a statement calling on the Bush administration to take concrete actions to restore the flow of humanitarian aid to the civilian population in the Gaza Strip and to help reinstate the cease-fire that an Israeli newspaper admits was unilaterally violated by Israel.

CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad read the statement this morning during a news conference, aired live on C-SPAN, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.